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Sunday, February 22, 2015

"Is Anyone Listening?"

Are American Jews listening? I really wonder.

This is from WorldJewishDaily: "Martin Indyk, Obama's former adviser on the Middle East, has just said
that the White House is ready to cut Israel loose. Is anyone listening?"

Caroline Glick writes: "It is hard
to understand either Israel’s election or Obama’s hysterical response
to Netanyahu’s scheduled speech without recognizing that Obama clearly
feels threatened by the message he will deliver. Surrounded by
sycophantic aides and advisers, and until recently insulated from
criticism by a supportive media, while free to ignore Congress due to
his veto power, Obama has never had to seriously explain his policies
regarding Iran and Islamic terrorists more generally. He has never
endured a direct challenge to those policies.Today Obama
believes that he is in a to-the-death struggle with Netanyahu.If
Netanyahu’s speech is a success, Obama’s foreign policy will be
indefensible. If Obama is able to delegitimize Netanyahu ahead of his
arrival, and bring about his electoral defeat, then with a compliant
Israeli government, he will face no obstacles to his plan to appease
Iran and blame Islamic terrorism on the West for the remainder of his
tenure in office."